Doctor insights on:
How To Control High Blood Pressure Without Medicine

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Lifestyle changes:
A combination diet rich in fruits, vegetables, legumes, and low-fat dairy products and low in snacks, sweets, meats, and saturated and total fat are the best foods to lower high blood pressure. Also, getting in at least 30 mins of cardiac exercise daily is extremely helpful. Limit your alcohol intake to no more than 2 drinks per day. Keep a healthy body weight/BMI. Best wishes.
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A blood pressure reading has two numbers: a systolic blood pressure and a diastolic blood pressure. The systolic blood pressure is the maximum pressure the blood exerts on the vessels when the heart is beating. The diastolic blood pressure is the pressure the blood exerts on the vessels in between heartbeats. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, begins when the systolic blood pressure remains above 140 or when the diastolic blood pressure remains above 90. Hypertension can be a result of increased blood flow through vessels or increased resistance to flow within the vessels.
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Several ways:
Weight loss, low salt intake, regular physical activity, avoiding or moderating alcohol intake, and a dash diet all help treat high blood pressure, as can treating underlying conditions. If the blood pressure is not that high, it is worth trying these things first, but if it's really high, medicine is required.
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Yes:
Lifestyle modification including increased exercise, weight loss and sodium restriction can all be helpful on controlling blood pressure. There also a specific diet called dash dietary approach stop hypertension which has been well studied.
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Hypertension:
Lifestyle modifications are recommend for all patients with hypertension (elevated blood pressure) and may be done along with a medication if required. Advise dietary salt restriction (look up DASH diet), exercise, limit alcohol intake, weight loss. and decrease stress. Always bring in written down blood pressures to your doctor appointments.
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Exercise daily:
Persons with high BP are usually somewhat overweight. Reducing your weight thru daily exercise and practicing good dietary choices that restrict sodium will be most helpful. I f your BP is elevated, you must begin with a medication to control it. After you have begun the lifestyle changes that lower bp, exercise may allow you to stop meds. Poor BP control leads to heart dz; kidney failure.
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If you are healthy:
don't worry , talk to some one who has high blood pressure , they want to trade your problem. See your doctor to make sure you did not have any systemic diseases ( like heart problem etc ) and have healthy life style from diet to exercises , you will be fine.
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Medication, exercise:
You and your doctor should talk about the best way to control high blood pressure. Whether you need to go on medication will depend on how high your blood pressure is and your risk factors for heart disease and stroke. Many people need more than one drug to control high blood pressure. Following the dash diet and getting at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise 5 days a week usually help as well.
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Depends:
If you at overweight, sedentary, and indulge in a high sodium diet, there are definitely changes in your lifestyle thay may lessen your need for medications. Your situation is specific to you and shold be discussed with your physician.
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It Depends:
With type 1 diabetes (dm), Insulin can only replace insulin. Many with type 2 dm go on to also need Insulin when the cells which make it ultimately fail. Only Insulin replacement can address that. If you have type 2 diabetes oral medication works for awhile. Best mgmnt is lifestyle change including diet/exercise. As long as healthy lifestyles permit, some can stop meds if their docs permit.
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Sometimes:
The dash diet (google it) (it should be a lifestyle, not a diet, because diets are temporary) may reduce BP by 5-8 mm hg (points). Some drastic improvements in lifestyle (dash, wt loss, quit alcohol) may make meds unnecessary, but in some patients, BP will require medicine to get to safe level even with a healthy lifestyle.
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BP lifestyle choices:
Weight loss, exercise, low sodium diet paired with a high potassium diet, tobacco avoidance, and NSAID avoidance all together can help lower blood pressure significantly and delay the need for medications sometimes for many years. There are many good treatment options to control your blood pressure. The higher your blood pressure the greater your risk of problems and likelihood you will need meds.
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Low salt:
If salt sensitive. Weight loss toward ideal body weight if overweight will also lower bp, but will take time. Should be on meds when BP high, and can always stop them after life changes / weight loss success.
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Diet and exercise:
Watching your diet, specifically salt and salt derivatives are very important. Certain ethnic groups crave salt and use heavily salted food items because of the salt content.
Be careful of msg, used widely as meat tenderizer. Exercise moderately, but regular will also help.
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Blood pressure is a measurement of the force placed on the blood vessels and is comprised of the "systolic" pressure (the top number on a blood pressure meter) which is the peak pressure when the heart is pumping, and the "diastolic" pressure (the bottom number on a blood pressure meter) which is the pressure during the resting phase in between heart beats.
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High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) (Definition)

Also known as hypertension, high blood pressure is a condition that occurs when blood pressure is 140/90 or higher. Newer recommendations state that greater than 130/80 should be considered high blood pressure.
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